Lyra McKee’s partner says their ‘hopes and dreams’ have been ‘snuffed out by single barbaric attack’

Lyra McKee’s partner says their ‘hopes and dreams’ have been ‘snuffed out by single barbaric attack’

Lyra McKee and her partner Sara CanningTop left, Lyra McKee and her partner Sara Canning; below, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and DUP leader Arlene Foster at a vigil in DerryDUP leader Arlene Foster (right) speaks with Sara Canning (left), the partner of 29-year-old journalist Lyra McKee, at a vigil in Derry, following her death last night after guns were fired and petrol bombs were thrown in what police are treating as a “terrorist incident”.
Brian Lawless/PA WireJournalist Lyra McKee died after being shot on Thursday (Family handout/PA)

A journalist shot dead by dissident republicans had her dreams snuffed out by a barbaric killing, her partner said.

Lyra McKee, 29, was shot in the head during disturbances in Derry on Thursday evening.

Lyra McKee

Her partner Sara Canning said it was a senseless murder.

“Our hopes and dreams and all of her amazing potential was snuffed out by this single barbaric act.”